Harriette L. Chandler (born December 20, 1937, in Baltimore, Maryland[2]) is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district, which includes parts of the city of Worcester, where she resides, and the towns of Boylston, Holden, Princeton, and West Boylston, and parts of Clinton and Northborough.

Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994.

She is also the Vice President of the 2015-2016 Executive Board of the Women's Legislative Network of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a State Director of Women in Government, and corporator of the YWCA, Worcester Art Museum,[2] and Greater Worcester Foundation.

She is a member of Worcester Women's History Project,[9] United Way of Central Massachusetts, Worcester Democratic City Committee, and the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.

She is married to Worcester attorney Burton Chandler and has three adult children and four grandchildren.